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Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a $15-an-hour job
for all Americans. AEI's Michael Strain argues that the senator's
proposal would be impossible to execute and is demoralizing to
workers. ARTICLE – Private Sector, Not Government, Is Key to Job
Creation https://goo.gl/maBFV6
ARTICLE – Flipping Burgers Is Not a ‘Bad Job’
https://goo.gl/hWZA7m

Reuel Gerecht, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for
Defense of Democracies, explains how Iran uses the split between
Sunnis and Shiites to expand its influence. BOOK – Rise of the
Revisionists: Russia, China, and Iran
https://goo.gl/7xEC46 ARTICLE – Why Iran won’t rush to a bomb
if Trump pulls out of the nuclear deal
https://goo.gl/BmZ641

With President Xi Jinping poised to become an emperor in
all but name, China has positioned itself to expand its influence
all across Asia and into the West. AEI’s Dan Blumenthal explains
why the US and its allies should be concerned and what they can do
to push back against Chinese expansionism. BOOK – Rise of the
Revisionists: Russia, China, and Iran
https://goo.gl/gmdTuN ARTICLE – Xi’s ‘putinization’ of China is
a massive wake-up for America
https://goo.gl/Jgsu9R

AEI's Rebecca Burgess explains that the United States
remembers its core principles by remembering the specific men and
women who have died to defend them. ARTICLE – On Memorial Day
https://goo.gl/hPu4BX ARTICLE – A nation’s flag, a national
idea
https://goo.gl/1L1Vph

According to AEI's Frederick Kagan, Vladimir Putin would
like nothing more than to get the United States out of his way so
he can achieve his vision of the world. BOOK – Rise of the
Revisionists: Russia, China, and Iran
https://goo.gl/7LNQXp ARTICLE – Let’s get real: It’s time
to move on from the Putin-dominated UN
https://goo.gl/F8U5fR

While some have argued that work requirements for safety
net programs are "cruel", AEI's Angela Rachidi argues that work
requirements can help those at risk of poverty to stay connected to
the labor force and lead better lives. ARTICLE – The truth about
Medicaid work requirements
https://goo.gl/X9CXSa ARTICLE – SNAP shouldn’t subsidize
poor health
https://goo.gl/vz7ULW

Ethanol has enjoyed support from the United States
government for decades. Despite the presumed benefits of ethanol,
its production bears deep economic and environmental costs. AEI's
Tim Carney explains why Congress should end the ethanol mandate and
let ethanol compete in the free market. REPORT – Biofuels, the
Renewable Fuel Standard, and the Farm Bill
https://goo.gl/eTXoJK ARTICLE – Time to reform renewable fuel
policies for the public interest
https://goo.gl/PLgjXe

World governments are anxious that they won't be able to
control cryptocurrencies. Yet AEI Visiting Scholar Mark Jamison
suggests that they had best get used to idea that economic
relationships in the digital economy will disrupt historic
approaches to regulation. ARTICLE – Is bitcoin an energy hog?
https://goo.gl/WQ2yjr ARTICLE – Rumors of bitcoin’s death are
greatly exaggerated
https://goo.gl/tUPLso

Can secular government and culture survive in Turkey?
Fourteen years of rule by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has certainly
damaged those prospects. AEI's Michael Rubin offers his take on
what the future holds. ARTICLE – How Turkey played NATO to
strengthen Erdogan
https://goo.gl/Q7SiaA ARTICLE – Why Reza Zarrab guilty
plea matters to Turkey and the world
https://goo.gl/XrDseJ

Over 14 years of rule by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
has flipped sides from ally to adversary. What does this mean for
the United States? AEI's Michael Rubin explains. ARTICLE – Turkey’s
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a criminal. The USA's foreign policy should
treat him as such.
https://goo.gl/byCQKC ARTICLE – How Turkey played NATO to
strengthen Erdogan
https://goo.gl/uy53W5

In recent years China has expanded its control over the
South China Sea, but why does that matter to the United States? AEI
Research Fellow Michael Mazza explains the strategic role that the
South China Sea plays in the USA's foreign, defense, and economic
policies.

Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Russia
stockpiled nuclear weapons as a deterrent to one another. Does
North Korea have the same motive? AEI's Nicholas Eberstadt argues
that Kim Jong-un is making nukes with the intention to use them for
a political checkmate. ARTICLE – The crystal clear strategy of
North Korea:
https://goo.gl/jEfHVC ARTICLE – How to really deal with the
North Korean nuclear threat:
https://goo.gl/JsqFEA ARTICLE – From “engagement” to threat
reduction: moving toward a North Korea policy that works:
https://goo.gl/Ez3dyd Nicholas Eberstadt is AEI's Henry Wendt
Chair in Political Economy:
https://goo.gl/GvhZmt

North Korea’s nuclear program: A history of failed
diplomacy | IN 60 SECONDS

North Korea's nuclear threat has been 35 years in the
making. AEI resident scholar Michael Rubin looks back to determine
just how effective the United States' diplomatic strategy has been
in deterring DPRK's nuclear weapons program. Michael Rubin is
author of "Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue
Regimes":
https://goo.gl/iGEGCs ARTICLE – How did we get here with North
Korea?
https://goo.gl/o3E9sf ARTICLE – How to really deal with the
North Korean nuclear threat:
https://goo.gl/JYjNYP

There's been a rise of Islamist militancy across Africa
in recent years, but can anything be done to stop them? Or are
these groups too remote and weak for the west to worry about? AEI's
Emily Estelle gives her take. ARTICLE – A Strategy for Success in
Libya
https://goo.gl/qDDvhg

Before 1990, Yemen was two countries. As a civil war
wages, will peace be achieved by dividing the country into northern
and southern halves? AEI Research Fellow Katherine Zimmerman offers
her analysis. ARTICLE – Al Mukalla is not Raqqa
https://goo.gl/XhkvAp ARTICLE – AQAP Post-Arab Spring and the
Islamic State
https://goo.gl/nZCYZL

Open government: Why transparency matters for public
policy analysis | IN 60 SECONDS

Transnational organized crime presents a serious threat
to the United States and the rest of the western hemisphere. AEI
Visiting Fellow Roger Noriega details the threats we face, and what
can be done to combat them. FULL REPORT | Kingpins and corruption -
Targeting transnational organized crime in the Americas:
https://goo.gl/7GYjBn Trump cracks down on Obama-era windfall
to Castro Regime:
https://goo.gl/g6fT9P Roger Noriega is a visiting scholar at
AEI:
https://goo.gl/LZdZZq

Andrew Puzder has had a first-hand view of how America's
exceptional capitalist spirit can lift everyone to success. He's
seen both ends of the economic spectrum – as a minimum wage earner
at Baskin Robbins, and as the CEO of CKE Restaurants. America was
once a land where everyone was encouraged to seek their fortune,
and Puzder thinks it can be again. He discusses the early economic
successes of the Trump presidency with AEI's Director of Economic
Policy Studies Michael Strain. VIDEO – The capitalist comeback
(Part 2) – interview with Andrew Puzder | VIEWPOINT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzMPB...
BOOK – The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and the Left's Plot
to Stop It
https://goo.gl/fm7pG6 PODCAST – Idea Makers Podcast #5 –
Andy Puzder
https://goo.gl/2mnsQn

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